"Bobby Vinton's ""Blue Velvet"" is one of the thirteen songs featured in Kenneth Anger's groundbreaking experimental film ""Scorpio Rising"" (1963). Tony Bennett's version of the song is featured in ""The Last Picture Show"" and ""Raging Bull."" Bobby Vinton's version is featured several times in David Lynch's 1986 film ""Blue Velvet."" The film drew partial inspiration from the song's lyrics, where Isabella Rossellini, who plays a singer in the film, also sings the song in-character. Lynch selected the song, because it conceptually matched the mood of the film. Specifically, in an interview he gave to the ""Village Voice,"" Lynch said of"
"1. Dennis Hopper – ""Blue Velvet""<br> 2. Daniel Day-Lewis – ""My Beautiful Laundrette"" and ""A Room with a View""<br> 3. Ray Liotta – ""Something Wild"" 1. Dianne Wiest – ""Hannah and Her Sisters""<br> 2. Barbara Hershey – ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" 1. Hanif Kureishi – ""My Beautiful Laundrette""<br> 2. Woody Allen – ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" 1. Frederick Elmes – ""Blue Velvet""<br> 2. Robby Müller – ""Down by Law""<br> 3. Donald McAlpine – ""Down and Out in Beverly Hills"" 1. Marlene<br> 2. ""Sherman's March""<br> 3. ""Partisans of Vilna"" 1986 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 21st National Society of"
"as an inhalant in the disco club scene. Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) Frank Booth is a fictional character and the main antagonist in David Lynch's 1986 psychological thriller ""Blue Velvet"", portrayed by Dennis Hopper. Frank became one of the best-known villains in cinema. He ranks #36 on AFI's list of the top 50 film villains of all time. A psychopathic gangster, drug dealer and pimp, Frank is the central figure of Lumberton, North Carolina's criminal underworld. He kidnaps singer Dorothy Vallens' husband and son, holding them hostage to force Dorothy to satisfy his sexual urges. When he is with Dorothy,"
"1986 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 21st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1987, honored the best filmmaking of 1986. 1. Blue Velvet<br> 2. ""Hannah and Her Sisters""<br> 3. ""Platoon"" 1. David Lynch – ""Blue Velvet""<br> 2. Andrei Tarkovsky – ""The Sacrifice"" (""Offret"")<br> 3. Oliver Stone – ""Platoon"" and ""Salvador"" 1. Bob Hoskins – ""Mona Lisa""<br> 2. Jeff Goldblum – ""The Fly""<br> 3. Paul Newman – ""The Color of Money"" 1. Chloe Webb – ""Sid and Nancy""<br> 2. Sandrine Bonnaire – ""Vagabond"" (""Sans toit ni loi"")<br> 2. Kathleen Turner – ""Peggy Sue Got Married"""
"made her film debut with a brief appearance as a nun opposite her mother in the 1976 film ""A Matter of Time"". Her first role was the 1979 film ""Il Prato"", and then in 1980 she appeared in Renzo Arbore's film ""Il pap'occhio"" with Martin Scorsese. Following her mother's death in 1982, Rossellini was cast in her first American film, ""White Nights"" (1985). This was followed by her notable role as the tortured nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens in the David Lynch film ""Blue Velvet,"" in which she also contributed her own singing. Other significant film roles during this period include"
"Frank Booth (Blue Velvet) Frank Booth is a fictional character and the main antagonist in David Lynch's 1986 psychological thriller ""Blue Velvet"", portrayed by Dennis Hopper. Frank became one of the best-known villains in cinema. He ranks #36 on AFI's list of the top 50 film villains of all time. A psychopathic gangster, drug dealer and pimp, Frank is the central figure of Lumberton, North Carolina's criminal underworld. He kidnaps singer Dorothy Vallens' husband and son, holding them hostage to force Dorothy to satisfy his sexual urges. When he is with Dorothy, he exhibits a kind of split personality: ""Daddy"","
"Micole Mercurio Micole Diana Mercurio (March 10, 1938 – January 19, 2016) was an American film and television actress and artist. Her film credits included the roles of Rosemary Szabo in ""Flashdance"" in 1983, Mrs. Kelly in ""Gleaming the Cube"" in 1989, Momma Love in ""The Client"" in 1994, Midge Callaghan in ""While You Were Sleeping"" in 1994, as well as ""What Lies Beneath"" in 2000. Mercurio's television work included guest appearances and recurring roles on ""Night Court"", ""Hill Street Blues"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Chicago Hope"", and ""FlashForward."" Mercurio was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 10, 1938, to Michael Mercurio"
"Brigitte Nielsen Brigitte Nielsen (; born Gitte Horrible Nielsen; 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress, model, singer and reality television personality who began her career modeling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later acted in the 1985 films ""Red Sonja"" and ""Rocky IV"". She is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone, with whom she starred in the 1986 film ""Cobra"". She played Karla Fry in ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" (1987), co-starring Eddie Murphy, and played the Black Witch in the Italian film series ""Fantaghiro"" between 1992–96. Nielsen's exploits were well-covered in the entertainment media"
"Ellen Albertini Dow Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 15, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach. She portrayed feisty old ladies and is best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in ""The Wedding Singer"" (1998), performing ""Rappers Delight"". Dow's other film roles include elderly lady Mary Cleary who ""outs"" her grandson in ""Wedding Crashers"", Disco Dottie in ""54"", the recipient of Christopher Lloyd's character's slapstick in ""Radioland Murders"" and a choir nun in ""Sister Act"". She was best known to small screen audiences for her guest appearances on sitcoms ""The Golden"
"Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene ""Marlene"" Dietrich (, ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German actress and singer who held both German and American citizenship. Throughout her long career, which spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s, she maintained popularity by continually reinventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in ""The Blue Angel"" (1930) brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in Hollywood films such as ""Morocco"" (1930), ""Shanghai Express"" (1932), and ""Desire"" (1936). She successfully traded on her glamorous persona"
"Tiffany Helm Tiffany Helm (born May 12, 1964) is an American film and television actress. Her best known role was in the 1985 horror film """" as Violet. She also starred in ""The Zoo Gang"" (1985) and ""Reform School Girls"" (1986) a B movie spoof of women in prison films. She has also made guest appearances on TV shows such as ""Bare Essence"", ""You Again?"", ""21 Jump Street"", and ""Freddy's Nightmares"". She is the daughter of actress Brooke Bundy and actor Peter Helm. Tiffany studied dance with Roland Dupree and was a member of the Beverly Hills Mime Troupe. Helm"
"Monáe performs a song entitled ""Dorothy Dandridge Eyes"" on her album ""The Electric Lady"", with Esperanza Spalding. A character in the 1969 movie ""The Lost Man"" states she named herself after Dandridge, citing that 'I loved her [...] it was a terrible tragedy when she died.' In the February 2016 episode of ""Black-ish"" entitled ""Sink or Swim"", Dre refers to Beyoncé as being the ""Dorothy Dandridge"" of our time, pointing out the star power of Dandridge during her day. Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and"
"Olympia in Paris was also broadcast. Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene ""Marlene"" Dietrich (, ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German actress and singer who held both German and American citizenship. Throughout her long career, which spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s, she maintained popularity by continually reinventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in ""The Blue Angel"" (1930) brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in Hollywood films such as ""Morocco"" (1930), ""Shanghai Express"" (1932), and ""Desire"" (1936). She"
"""Wildfire"" (1988), were released posthumously. Dorothy Meyer Dorothy Meyer (November 6, 1924 – September 24, 1987) was an African American character actress of film and television who made a name for herself portraying wisecracking maids, neighbors, friends, nurses, and church ladies throughout the 1970s and 1980s. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 6, 1924, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, a religion to which she adhered to throughout her entire life. During her childhood, she initially began her career as an actress singing and dancing in numerous Christian themed productions on The Bible Belt and was later inspired"
"Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She made her film debut in 1980's ""My Bodyguard"", before receiving critical acclaim for her role in ""Flashdance"" (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Beals appeared in several notable films including ""Devil in a Blue Dress"" (1995), ""The Last Days of Disco"" (1998), ""Roger Dodger"" (2002), ""The Book of Eli"" (2010) and ""Before I Fall"" (2017). She starred as Bette Porter on"
"dismisses all charges against Lorna and Dan and grants custody of the children to her. A Smoky Mountain Christmas A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 American made-for-television musical fantasy film starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors, directed by Henry Winkler (who also has a cameo role in the film). It was originally broadcast on ABC on December 14, 1986. Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape from Los Angeles and recuperate during the Christmas season. Upon"
"Sherry Marvin, Pamela Blake as Ellen Dale, Eddie Acuff as Spud Warner, and Robert Elliott as Dan Rankin. Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot) finds himself in a complex case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub. Joe planned the theft in order to pay a debt to Nick Pollo (George Meeker) with the $100,000 insurance money he would collect. Sherry double-crossed Joe by wearing an imitation one, while she threw the real one, hidden in a cotton"
"from re-entering the stage. A compilation of Orbison's most successful songs was re-recorded in January 1986 and released in 1987 under the title ""In Dreams: The Greatest Hits"". It coincided with the release of the dark and surreal mystery thriller ""Blue Velvet"", directed by David Lynch. Orbison was astonished at the way Lynch used ""In Dreams"". In the film, a murderous and morally bankrupt psychopath named Frank Booth (played by Dennis Hopper) is obsessed with the song and demands it be played over and over, calling it ""Candy Colored Clown"". In one scene it is lip-synced by a flamboyantly effeminate"
"and Nancy (née) De Angelo. She died at her home in Santa Monica, California, on January 19, 2016, at the age of 77. She was survived by three children - Stacy McKearn, Rocco Armonda, and Albert Armonda; nine grandchildren, and her brother. Micole Mercurio Micole Diana Mercurio (March 10, 1938 – January 19, 2016) was an American film and television actress and artist. Her film credits included the roles of Rosemary Szabo in ""Flashdance"" in 1983, Mrs. Kelly in ""Gleaming the Cube"" in 1989, Momma Love in ""The Client"" in 1994, Midge Callaghan in ""While You Were Sleeping"" in 1994,"
"Moonlight and Valentino Moonlight and Valentino is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by David Anspaugh starring Elizabeth Perkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner, Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Bon Jovi. The screenplay by Ellen Simon is based on her semi-autobiographical play of the same title. Rebecca Lott is a thirtysomething poetry teacher who is widowed when her husband is killed while jogging. Helping her cope with her grief is a support system consisting of her sister Lucy Trager, a chain-smoker still trying to deal with their mother's death from cancer fourteen years earlier; her best friend Sylvie Morrow, who is trapped in"
"in ""Since"" (1966), ""Superboy"" (1966), ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966), ""**** (The 24 Hour Movie)"" (1967), and ""Midnight Cowboy"" (1969). She was, in Warhol's words, ""very beautiful"". A tall, long-necked brunette with graceful physicality, she impressed the artist deeply. She worked diligently on her personal cosmetics regimen, a process which Warhol observed with fascination: ""Watching someone like Susan Bottomly, who had such perfect, full, fine features, doing all this on her face was like watching a beautiful statue painting itself."" Susan Bottomly Susan Bottomly (born 1950), also known as International Velvet, is a former American model and actress. She is known for"
"A Smoky Mountain Christmas A Smoky Mountain Christmas is a 1986 American made-for-television musical fantasy film starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors, directed by Henry Winkler (who also has a cameo role in the film). It was originally broadcast on ABC on December 14, 1986. Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape from Los Angeles and recuperate during the Christmas season. Upon arriving there, Lorna finds it has become the impromptu home of seven orphans who are"
"Candy Darling Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 – March 21, 1974) was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar and transsexual icon. She starred in Andy Warhol's films ""Flesh"" (1968) and ""Women in Revolt"" (1971), and was a muse of The Velvet Underground. Candy Darling was born as James Lawrence Slattery in Forest Hills, Queens, the child of Theresa Slattery, a bookkeeper at Manhattan's Jockey Club, and James (""Jim"") Slattery, who was described as a violent alcoholic. Darling's early years were spent in Massapequa Park, Long Island, where she and her mother moved after the parents' divorce. She"
"with Blues Traveler playing behind a curtain in a nightclub while a young, ""hip"" and more ""photogenic"" group appears to be playing the song. Dorothy Gale (Diana Marquis), the main character of the story, tries to get into the club. She is turned away by the doorman, as are three other people whose appearances resemble the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and Tin Woodsman characters. They rush to the locked back door, where they catch a glimpse of the show. Finding a club-goer passed out nearby, Dorothy transfers the stamp on his hand to her own and to the hands of"
"Blue Desert (film) Blue Desert is a 1991 American psychological thriller film starring Courteney Cox and D. B. Sweeney, directed by Bradley Battersby. The original music score is composed by Joel Goldsmith. The filming locations were Inyokern, California and Red Rock Canyon State Park, Cantil, California. A rape victim, comic book artist Lisa Roberts is given the runaround by the New York City Police Department. Tired with city life, she heads for the wide open spaces of Arizona. Not long afterward, she is propositioned by lowlife Randall Atkins. She reports this to sympathetic local policeman Steve Smith, who replies matter-of-factly"
"at events in & out of the US in 2018. Moore started the record label Farish Street Records in 2002. The label is named to honor Farish Street, the home to live and juke blues music in the neighborhood where Dorothy was raised. Moore's albums ""Please Come Home For Christmas"", ""Gittin' Down Live"", ""I'm Doing Alright"" and ""Blues Heart"" were released on the label. Dorothy Moore Dorothy Moore (born October 13, 1946, in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 hit song, ""Misty Blue"". Moore's parents were Mary Moore and Melvin Hendrex"
"Dorothy Dickson Dorothy Dickson (July 25, 1893 – September 25, 1995) was an American-born, London-based theater actress and singer. She died two months after her 102nd birthday. Dickson is known mostly for her rendition of the Jerome Kern song ""Look for the Silver Lining"". She was also a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad. In 1922, she starred in ""The Cabaret Girl"". In 1936, she co-starred with Ivor Novello in his ""Careless Rapture"" and, in 1937, in his ""Crest of the Wave"". As for her film career, Dickson starred in a few"
"his photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London, as well as on the cover of the accompanying book. Dorothy Dickson Dorothy Dickson (July 25, 1893 – September 25, 1995) was an American-born, London-based theater actress and singer. She died two months after her 102nd birthday. Dickson is known mostly for her rendition of the Jerome Kern song ""Look for the Silver Lining"". She was also a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and made many appearances in New York and abroad. In 1922, she starred in ""The Cabaret Girl"". In 1936, she co-starred with Ivor Novello in his ""Careless Rapture"" and,"
"to police officer and actor Rudy Diaz, Abbott committed suicide in Los Angeles on December 15, 1968, a day before her 48th birthday. Abbott is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Dorothy Abbott Dorothy Abbott (December 16, 1920 – December 15, 1968) was an American actress. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Abbott appeared in many films between the 1940s and 1960s as an extra. In Las Vegas she was a showgirl at the Flamingo Hotel and was known as ""the girl with the golden arm"". She also appeared in guest roles on ""The Ford Television Theatre"", ""Leave"
"Dorothy Lamour Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for appearing in the ""Road to..."" movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer. In 1936, she moved to Hollywood where she signed with Paramount Pictures. Her appearance as ""Ulah"" in ""The Jungle Princess"" (1936) brought her fame and marked the beginning of her image as the ""Sarong Queen."" In 1940, Lamour made her first ""Road to..."" comedy"
"and operated a supper club together in Palm Springs, California, called Charcoal Charley's, where she performed until her death from pancreatic cancer in 1984.. Dorothy Arnold (actress) Dorothy Arnold (November 21, 1917 – November 13, 1984) was an American film actress and the first wife of baseball star Joe DiMaggio. Her 20-year movie career began with 1937’s ""Freshies"" and ended with 1957’s ""Lizzie"". She was born as Dorothy Arnoldine Olson in Duluth, Minnesota, of Norwegian heritage. By the age of 12 she was performing on amateur nights at Duluth's Lyric Theater and with the local Salvation Army Band. She graduated"
"Isabella Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian neorealist film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as ""Blue Velvet"" (1986) and ""Death Becomes Her"" (1992). Rossellini also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in ""Crime of the Century"" (1996). Rossellini was born in Rome, the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, who was of Swedish and German descent, and Italian director"
"one of the subjects of Hilton Als' 1996 book ""The Women"". Dorothy Dean Dorothy Dean (December 22, 1932 – February 13, 1987) was an African American socialite, connected to Andy Warhol's The Factory—for which she appeared in the films ""Batman Dracula"" (1964), ""Space"" (1965), ""My Hustler"" (1965), ""Afternoon"" (1965), and ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966)—and Max's Kansas City, where she worked as door person. She also appeared in the documentary film ""Superartist"" (1967) about Warhol and his films. Dean, who graduated from Radcliffe and earned an MFA at Harvard, had a master's degree in art. While living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she began"